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Clinical Aspects of Foot Health in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) shows a marked presence of physiologic changes and the start or aggravation of underlying diseases such as physical frailty in diverse anatomical regions. It is believed to have a particularly harmful effect on the health of the foot. We examined the foot health status in ol...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5858355/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29414905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020286 |
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author | López-López, Daniel Grela-Fariña, Marta Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena Calvo-Lobo, César Rodríguez-Sanz, David Palomo-López, Patricia Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo |
author_facet | López-López, Daniel Grela-Fariña, Marta Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena Calvo-Lobo, César Rodríguez-Sanz, David Palomo-López, Patricia Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo |
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description | Alzheimer’s disease (AD) shows a marked presence of physiologic changes and the start or aggravation of underlying diseases such as physical frailty in diverse anatomical regions. It is believed to have a particularly harmful effect on the health of the foot. We examined the foot health status in older persons with AD, with a specific focus on the extent to which people with AD may be using inadequate footwear in old age. Seventy-three community-dwelling people with probable, mild to moderate AD aged 65–95 years were recruited from a center of excellence for AD. A single trained physician evaluated health status and foot conditions. Current shoe and foot length and width measurements were taken using a calibrated Brannock device. The results indicate that sixty-five participants (89.04%) suffered from feet problems. Also, only twenty-two subjects (30.14%) used the correct shoes in width and size related with the morphology of their feet. Fifty-one participants (69.86%) were using incorrect shoes in length or width. The present study revealed that peoples with AD had a high presence of foot health problems. Also, the use of inappropriate shoes revealed measurable differences of association between shoe size and the morphology of the foot. |
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spelling | pubmed-58583552018-03-19 Clinical Aspects of Foot Health in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease López-López, Daniel Grela-Fariña, Marta Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena Calvo-Lobo, César Rodríguez-Sanz, David Palomo-López, Patricia Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Alzheimer’s disease (AD) shows a marked presence of physiologic changes and the start or aggravation of underlying diseases such as physical frailty in diverse anatomical regions. It is believed to have a particularly harmful effect on the health of the foot. We examined the foot health status in older persons with AD, with a specific focus on the extent to which people with AD may be using inadequate footwear in old age. Seventy-three community-dwelling people with probable, mild to moderate AD aged 65–95 years were recruited from a center of excellence for AD. A single trained physician evaluated health status and foot conditions. Current shoe and foot length and width measurements were taken using a calibrated Brannock device. The results indicate that sixty-five participants (89.04%) suffered from feet problems. Also, only twenty-two subjects (30.14%) used the correct shoes in width and size related with the morphology of their feet. Fifty-one participants (69.86%) were using incorrect shoes in length or width. The present study revealed that peoples with AD had a high presence of foot health problems. Also, the use of inappropriate shoes revealed measurable differences of association between shoe size and the morphology of the foot. MDPI 2018-02-07 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5858355/ /pubmed/29414905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020286 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article López-López, Daniel Grela-Fariña, Marta Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena Calvo-Lobo, César Rodríguez-Sanz, David Palomo-López, Patricia Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo Clinical Aspects of Foot Health in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease |
title | Clinical Aspects of Foot Health in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_full | Clinical Aspects of Foot Health in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_fullStr | Clinical Aspects of Foot Health in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Aspects of Foot Health in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_short | Clinical Aspects of Foot Health in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease |
title_sort | clinical aspects of foot health in individuals with alzheimer’s disease |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5858355/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29414905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020286 |
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